Pop singer Justin Timberlake issued a joke apology on Monday, October 5, after pop culture commentator Hannah Young published an Instagram video highlighting his early 2000s beatboxing era. "We don't talk about Justin Timberlake beatboxing enough," Young said in the video, noting that he would stop mid-song to perform beatboxing.

"I often look back on that time as well," the Grammy-winner wrote in response. "I still haven't come up with any answers.

I don't know how to apologize enough for whatever those ambitions were. I hope you can forgive me."

Timberlake added, "Also, I can't promise I won't do it again. God help us all."

Timberlake previously incorporated beatboxing during his NSYNC days, most notably on the song Pop from their 2001 album Celebrity. Over recent years, an internet clip depicted his ex-girlfriend, Britney Spears, watching his beatboxing in embarrassment from the audience.

However, that viral clip is edited; Timberlake's performance took place during NSYNC's No Strings Attached Tour stop in Madison Square Garden in 2000, while the clip of Spears is from another, later event.